Most people in the world have heralded the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the USA as a monumental event. They believe his election represents a watershed moment and a definitive shift in race relations. In contrast, I argue that his election is the product of 40 years of racial transition that have sedimented a new racial regime: the "new racism" characterized by practices to maintain racial privilege that are institutional, subtle, and apparently non-racial...
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Artist/Composer: Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
Date: 2009-06-20
Keywords: Obama; USA; Post-Racial; Racism

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